The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage | 
| Author: Cliff Stoll
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 1416507787
Dewey Decimal Number: 327
EAN: 9781416507789
Publication Date: September 13, 2005
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A sentimental favorite, The Cuckoo's Egg seems to have inspired a whole category of books exploring the quest to capture computer criminals. Still, even several years after its initial publication and after much imitation, the book remains a good read with an engaging story line and a critical outlook, as Clifford Stoll becomes, almost unwillingly, a one-man security force trying to track down faceless criminals who've invaded the university computer lab he stewards. What first appears as a 75-cent accounting error in a computer log is eventually revealed to be a ring of industrial espionage, primarily thanks to Stoll's persistence and intellectual tenacity.
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Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story, instantly fascinating [and] astonishingly gripping" (Smithsonian).Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorized user on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter" -- a mysterious invader who managed to break into U.S. computer systems and steal sensitive military and security information. Stoll began a one-man hunt of his own: spying on the spy. It was a dangerous game of deception, broken codes, satellites, and missile bases -- a one-man sting operation that finally gained the attention of the CIA...and ultimately trapped an international spy ring fueled by cash, cocaine, and the KGB.
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 Excellent book July 4, 2008
This was a required book for a computing ethics class I took, and I felt it covered a lot of material and was entertaining at the same time. I would have enjoyed reading it for recreational purposes and I highly suggest it. Some level of technical understanding might help with some material, but is not needed.
All in all, very well written book.
Great Read July 3, 2008
This is the kind of story that you have a hard time putting down. My son, husband, dad and I all read it. Two of the readers are very much into computers, the other two not so much. We all enjoyed it. It is also great to remember in detail the days before internet and gave my son a better understanding of how far we have come with this technology in such a short time.
I love this book. February 2, 2008
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As you can see from the reviews here, many people also love this book.
I love the trip down memory lane that this book provides. Sure is fun to go back to a more innocent time and remember what it was like before the internet became huge. If you remember archie, gopher, kermit, then this is a book for you.
Even if you're too young to remember this time, it would be quite fun to watch WAR GAMES and then read this book. I love the writing style--this is a real page-turner.
Just a straight up GREAT book... January 11, 2008
This book was VERY well written considering it was a reconstruction of a log book....that sounds kind of cheezy but it was an awesome book. Each chapter keeps you digging deeper into how this guy did what he did to catch the hack. Half way through the book it seems like it's over and he has the guy, but a few twists, turns, a visit to NSA and CIA, and your still waiting for the guy to be caught. EXCELLENT play by play, great humor (tire factory in a microwave, HA HA), and all around closure on the last page. 100% recommendation.
Great book! January 2, 2008
The Cuckoo's egg was really a great book to read. It was thrilling and it gave you an insider's look of how computers work, operated and...broke, 40 years ago. Must read for any CS or computer ethusiast :)
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